Music during play-time: Using context conditioning as a tool to improve welfare in piglets

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 138-148

  de Jonge, Francien H ^a,b   Boleij, Hetty ^a   Baars, Annemarie M ^a   Dudink, Suzan ^a   Spruijt, Berry M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Context conditioning; Music; Pigs; Play; Weaning; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CONDITIONING; JUVENILE; MUSIC; PIG; PLAY; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 55049141158     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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